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Sit yourself down and kick off your flip-flops. Welcome to my website. I’m a writer, an illustrator and a beach person.
Let's Get InspiredSandy Gingras's novel DREAMBOAT to be published Summer 2022.
By St. Martin's Press
Sandy Gingras’s DREAMBOAT is about a woman whose life and relationships (romantic and otherwise) need a brand new start when love steps in.
DREAMBOAT is set for publication in summer 2022.

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I live on an island six miles out to sea, and I think, no, I know, I’ve got salt water in my soul.
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